Cataract refers to the lens of the eye becoming cloudy and affecting vision, which used to occur mostly in people aged 60 or above, but in recent years, more and more relatively young people seek medical treatment for cataracts, generally between 40-50 years old, and generally suffer from deep myopia (i.e. 600 degrees myopia or above).

Long-term use of solids or cataracts

Cataracts have many risk factors: People who have diabetes or use steroids for a long time have a better chance of developing cataracts in the long run. An 18-year-old boy suffering from eczema sought medical attention because his vision became blurred, and it was finally confirmed that he had cataracts and had to undergo intraocular lens replacement surgery. After careful questioning of the medical records, the patient's whole body skin was plagued by eczema for many years, and he had sought help from different Chinese and Western medicines, and even divine doctors, and applied ointments of unknown composition for a longer period of time, hoping to control the disease, so it was suspected that the drug contained steroids, causing cataracts. Therefore, patients are advised to use steroid ointments under the supervision of a doctor, and if the origin or composition of the product is unknown, they should be carefully checked first.

In addition, having had iritis, having suffered a violent impact on the eye, having undergone eye surgery, or suffering from acute glaucoma are all causes of cataracts.

Deep myopia may have a greater impact on cataracts. It is generally estimated that too deep myopia can exacerbate the degenerative problem and form cataracts. Younger cataract patients, generally find that myopia suddenly deepened by 200, 300 degrees, to change glasses frequently, after trying once or twice, feel unusual, so find an ophthalmologist examination, only to find that they have cataracts. There are also patients who have symptoms such as double vision and photophobia when looking at images, and are found to have cataracts after eye examination.

Removal of cataracts without waiting for "cooking"

Cataracts are not only common, but also a major cause of vision loss. At present, there are no drugs to treat cataracts, and patients need to undergo surgery to replace the intraocular lens to restore their original vision. And many people think that cataracts need to be "familiar" before surgery, this statement is actually a misunderstanding, especially for some younger patients, if cataracts have greatly affected daily life and work, especially looking at documents, using computers, and even going out to drive, etc., it is already suitable for cataract removal surgery.

Through a small corneal incision, the doctor removes the cloudy lens and implants an intraocular lens. If you have a developing cataract, you don't have to wait until maturity to remove it, it usually only takes about 15-20 minutes. In most cases, doctors can use local anesthesia, which speeds up recovery time.

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